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starveBrE /stɑːv/NAmE /stɑːrv/ verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they starve BrE /stɑːv/ NAmE /stɑːrv/present simple - he / she / it starves BrE /stɑːvz/ NAmE /stɑːrvz/past simple starved BrE /stɑːvd/ NAmE /stɑːrvd/past participle starved BrE /stɑːvd/ NAmE /stɑːrvd/ -ing form starving BrE /ˈstɑːvɪŋ/ NAmE /ˈstɑːrvɪŋ/ [I, T] to suffer or die because you do not have enough food to eat; to make sb suffer or die in this way （使）挨饿，饿死◆The animals were left to starve to death. 那些动物只能等着饿死。◆pictures of starving children 展示饥饿儿童的图片◆The new job doesn't pay as much but we won't starve! 新工作的工资没有过去多，不过我们不至于挨饿！◆~ sb/yourselfShe's starving herself to try to lose weight. 她试图通过节食来减肥。-starved () not having sth that you need 缺乏…的；急需…的◆supply-starved rebels 补给匮乏的反叛者 ➡ see also cash-starved  ●be ˈstarving (for sth) (also be ˈstarvedespecially in NAmE) (informal) to feel very hungry 饿得很◆When's the food coming? I'm starving! 食物什么时候上来？我快饿死了！ ●ˌstarve sb into ˈsth/into ˈdoing sthto force sb to do sth by not allowing them to get any food or money 断绝食物（或资金）来源以迫使某人做某事●ˌstarve sb/sth of ˈsth (NAmE also ˌstarve sb/sth for ˈsth) [usually passive] to not give sth that is needed 使某人（或事物）得不到所需要的◆I felt starved of intelligent conversation. 让我感到痛苦的是无法与有识之士交谈。◆The department has been starved of resources. 这个部门一直缺少资源。●ˌstarve sb↔ˈout (of sth)to force sb to leave a particular building or area by not allowing them to get any food 以断绝食物来源迫使某人出来 |